Trechaleidae (tre-kah-LEE-ih-dee) is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1890, and includes about 140 described species in 16 genera. They all live in Central and South America except for Shinobius orientalis, which is endemic to Japan. Other names for the family are longlegged water spiders and fishing spiders. Genera , the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera: Amapalea Silva & Lise, 2006 – Brazil Barrisca Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936 – South America, Panama Caricelea Silva & Lise, 2007 – Peru Cupiennius Simon, 1891 – Mexico to northwestern South America Dossenus Simon, 1898 – Trinidad, South America Dyrines Simon, 1903 – South America, Panama Enna O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1897 – South America, Central America, Mexico Heidrunea Brescovit & Höfer, 1994 – Brazil Hesydrus Simon, 1898 – South America, Central America Neoctenus Simon, 1897 – Brazil, Guyana, Peru Paradossenus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1903 – South America, Nicaragua Paratrechalea Carico, 2005 – Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay Rhoicinus Simon, 1898 – South America Shinobius Yaginuma, 1991 – Japan Syntrechalea F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902 – South America, Mexico Trechalea Thorell, 1869 – Trinidad, South America, North America, Central America Trechaleoides Carico, 2005 – South America See also List of Trechaleidae species References Further reading Höfer, H. & A. D. Brescovit. On the spider genus Rhoicinus (Araneae, Trechaleidae) in a central Amazonian inundation forest. J. Arachnol. 22: 54-59. PDF Carico, J. E. (1993b). Revision of the genus Trechalea Thorell (Araneae, Trechaleidae) with a review of the taxonomy of the Trechaleidae and Pisauridae of the Western Hemisphere. J. Arachnol. 21: 226-257. PDF Araneomorphae families tr:Trochanteriidae